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(c)Cricinfo en-gb Centurion: Back in May, on one of those chilly late afternoons they euphemistically call ``a balmy spring day'' in England, running in to some of the more jolly members of the Barmy Army was more accidental than incidental https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/155500/155573.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78993.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78993.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-78993 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Leicestershire county professional Ben Smith will be Central Districts' overseas player this summer https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/92898.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/92898.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-92898 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Centurion - As fond as the International Cricket Council are of peddling the myth that they believe in the modern image of the game, Hansie Cronje's decision to resurrect a dying Test with the support of Nasser Hussain has not gone down well at HQ https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/88046.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/88046.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-88046 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Centurion - Allan Donald may have been involved in a verbal fracas with national selection panel convener Rushdie Magiet over his omission from the South African side for the limited-overs international triangular series https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/88027.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/88027.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-88027 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Centurion - Hansie Cronje stepped into Test history on Tuesday and also threw down the gauntlet to the International Cricket Council, saying he did want to be part of the game if they disapproved of his unprecedented step in reviving what had been https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/88026.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/88026.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-88026 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Centurion - Nasser Hussain has shot down suggestions his idea to play a day/night limited-overs match after the fifth Test was "snubbed by the South African team" https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/88004.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/88004.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-88004 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Centurion - While not quite a total refurbishment the shape of future South African teams should be unveiled by national selection convener Rushdi Magiet tomorrow when he names the side for the limited-overs triangular series starting on Friday https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87991.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87991.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-87991 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Centurion - Allan Donald ducked his own bouncer on Saturday and all but admitted he is almost 12 months from retirement as a Test fast bowler https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87974.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87974.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-87974 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Centurion: Alan Donald has announced that he will be taking a break from the pressures of international cricket after the triangular one-day tournament involving England and Zimbabwe https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87962.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87962.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-87962 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT No one can accuse Daryll Cullinan of failing to get his timing right last night when he announced his limited-overs career was over and that it was time South Africa did something about launching plans for the 2003 World Cup https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87959.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87959.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-87959 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Centurion - South Africa have discarded the pace barrage theory as a way of winning the final match of the series against England with Hansie Cronje taking the view that Paul Adam's left-arm has a major role to play https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87939.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87939.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-87939 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Centurion - For Pieter Strydom the millennium started with a surprise call up from the South African selectors a week ago, which culminated yesterday in his selection in place of Jonty Rhodes for the final Test of the series against England at https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87938.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87938.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-87938 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Centurion - Jonty Rhodes, left out of the third test in Durban, has this morning failed a late fitness test and will be replaced by uncapped Pieter Strydom for the fifth and final test against England starting at Centurion tomorrow 14 January 2000 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87922.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87922.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-87922 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Centurion - Contrary to popular opinion life will still go on in the South African side without the famous spearhead Allan Donald winding up the crowds at Test venues https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87906.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87906.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-87906 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Centurion - It would not come as a surprise if England drafted Alan Mullally back into the Test side, for what is the last throw of the dice with the fifth match of the Millennium Series less than 24 hours away https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87903.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87903.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-87903 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Centurion - With Jonty Rhodes recovering well from the hamstring niggle South Africa's selectors are expected to retain the side for the fifth Test of the Millennium Series in Centurion as that which wiped out England well inside four days at https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87876.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87876.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-87876 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Port Elizabeth - In recent years England's selectors have made a number of strange choices for inclusion in their Test side, some appear self-indulgent others border more on efforts to gaze into the murky depths of a crystal ball https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87815.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87815.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-87815 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Port Elizabeth - Two batsmen in opposing camps, one aiming to re-establish his Test career the second trying to develop one may find that St George's Park, in Port Elizabeth the ideal venue to impress those likely to be involved in their immediate https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87807.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87807.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-87807 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Cape Town - Hansie Cronje has come in for his fair share of criticism for his lack of runs this new year of the century, yet as a Test captain he is still a cut above most of the others https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87787.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87787.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-87787 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Cape Town - Pieter Strydom, the man Peter Kirsten selected from a list of promising candidates to take over as Border's captain, is the cover man the national selectors have plucked out of the hat for the fifth Test of the Millennium Series against https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87786.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87786.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-87786 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Cape Town - Hansie Cronje is not about to be ditched by the South Africa selectors despite his run of form and sniping at his captaincy abilities in the corridors at Newlands over the last few days https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87754.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87754.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-87754 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Cape Town - Niggling injuries, including another fitness scare involving Allan Donald, have delayed the announcement of the South African team for the fifth Test in Centurion now eight days away https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87753.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87753.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-87753 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Cape Town - Daryll Cullinan loves Newlands, which is surprising the fractious time he spent with Western Province a decade ago, but these days he seems to do nothing wrong https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87729.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87729.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-87729 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Cape Town - Whether they are fielding in the heat of the day or facing the regenerated spirit which moves Allan Donald, the psychological battle is slowly moving England into a corner in this fourth Test of the Millennium Series https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87727.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87727.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-87727 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Cape Town - We are unlikely to hear the real reason why the limp rag doll version of Allan Donald this Millennium Test Series against England suddenly came alive after lunch on day one, leading him to take his 20th Test five wicket haul https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87721.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87721.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-87721 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Durban - No one could really blame Geoff Boycott for taking what seemed to be an apoplectic bite out of the lip of the porcelain teacup he had been holding moments earlier https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87715.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87715.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-87715 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Cape Town - Just how much psychological advantage South Africa still have over England as the fourth Test of the Millennium Series starts at Newlands tomorrow depends largely on the ability of the tourists to accept the draw at Kingsmead https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87710.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/87710.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-87710 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT South Africa's Gary Kirsten set a plethora of records during his match saving marathon innings of 275 in the Durban Test against England https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79265.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79265.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-79265 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Gary Kirsten led the way on a day of tumbling batting records at Kingsmead yesterday as South Africa salvaged an honourable draw against England in the third cricket Test https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79262.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79262.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-79262 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:11:01 GMT Gary Kirsten completed his rescue act yesterday as he produced the second longest Test innings of all time and saw South Africa to a draw after they were forced to follow-on against England in the third Test at Kingsmead https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79264.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79264.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-79264 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Durban - South Africa's captain is looking forward to the challenge of the new century and how it might affect the side as they approach the Newlands Test, starting on January 2 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79261.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79261.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-79261 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Durban - It has turned into an interesting summer for Northerns captain Neil McKenzie who back in March had not been able to make the Gauteng team https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79254.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79254.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-79254 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT TWO late wickets from medium-pacer Andrew Flintoff restored England's hopes of winning the third Test at Kingsmead on Wednesday after opener Gary Kirsten had scored a record-breaking century to guide South Africa towards safety https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79233.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79233.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-79233 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:15 GMT Durban - On a day when what looked like an ice cream van was press-ganged into rolling the Kingsmead pitch, up steps England's Andrew Caddick to lick South Africa's batsmen into shape https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79235.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79235.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-79235 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Gary Kirsten scored a record 10th Test century at Kingsmead on Wednesday to save his place in the team and set South Africa on the way to safety in the third cricket Test against England https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79234.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79234.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-79234 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT THE South African cricket selectors' decision to omit Jonty Rhodes from the team for the third Test against England at Kingsmead was exposed on Tuesday as Andy Caddick shot the home team out for just 156 and England enforced the follow-on, 210 runs https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79226.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79226.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-79226 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:15 GMT Durban - South Africa's captain Hansie Cronje called it a bad day at the office but praised England's Andrew Caddick, the New Zealand-born fast bowler for his career best bowling of seven for 46 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79229.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79229.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-79229 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Durban - Mud sticks, so does the stigma of being axed by the national selectors for playing a slow innings, although it is 34 years since Geoff Boycott was ditched by England selectors then headed by Doug Insole https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79228.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79228.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-79228 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT South Africa's national cricket selectors found themselves in a crisis situation at Kingsmead yesterday as their decision to drop Jonty Rhodes came back to haunt them, England taking full control of the third Test as they forced the home side to https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79227.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79227.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-79227 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT England underwent an astonishing metamorphosis on the second day of the third Test against South Africa at Kingsmead, finishing on 366 for nine after their first-day crawl to 135 for two which left most of the sizeable crowd close to stupor in https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79201.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79201.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-79201 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:15 GMT Durban - Nasser Hussain, better known these days by his new sobriquet of Mr Plod, is more used to standing ovations when he leaves the field than the reception he earned at Kingsmead on day one of third Test https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79202.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79202.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-79202 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Durban - After dithering over the issue at the Wanderers and again at St George's Park South Africa's selectors finally made up their collective minds to drop Jonty Rhodes after 17 Tests https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79189.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79189.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-79189 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Durban - South Africa's bowlers need to dominate the first session as the third Test enters what could be the most crucial day of the five-match series against England https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79188.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79188.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-79188 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Durban - It depends who you really want to believe, the South African captain, Hansie Cronje, or the guy from what appears to be from the Kowloon Morning Post, who seems to be an "ex-spurt" as well https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79162.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79162.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-79162 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Durban: Murky skies and damp underfoot conditions at Kingsmead should see an extension of Mornantau Hayward's Test career on Sunday as the South African selectors opt for an unchanged side for the third match of the series against England https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79149.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79149.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-79149 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT THIS week's torrential rain in Durban has not just been very bad news for the thousands of people flooded out of their homes, it has also meant the South African cricket team is likely to go into the third Test against England, starting at Kingsmead https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79138.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79138.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-79138 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Durban - As England's selectors agonise over the form of Mark Butcher and contemplate his future as Michael Atherton's partner in the third Test at Kingsmead, South Africa plan a tough Christmas Day practice session https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79106.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/79106.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-79106 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Centurion - With 11 days until the Durban Test, England captain has placed the team on a Lance Klusener alert in an effort to minimise the free-hitting, willow-wielding affect the Natal all-rounder is having on the tourists https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78973.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78973.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-78973 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Port Elizabeth - Jacques Kallis, the missing link in South Africa's bowling attack is back in action and the immediate response by the national selectors yesterday was to jettison David Terbrugge from the side for the third Test at Kingsmead 12 days https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78951.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78951.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-78951 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Port Elizabeth - Television engineer expert Bill Burrow has stepped into the "Kallis catch" row with the view that improved technology could eliminate the problem that faced umpire Rudi Koertzen in the second Test at St George's Park https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78950.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78950.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-78950 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Port Elizabeth: As South Africa's selectors today ponder their pace bowling problems for the Kingsmead and Newlands Tests of the Millennium Series against England, opening batsman Gary Kirsten's career is again in the balance https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78940.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78940.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-78940 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Port Elizabeth It was far from your average early sleepy afternoon chat between friendly rivals as the "claimed catch" incident and subsequent television replays added a new meaning to the term Sunday roast at St George's Park yesterday https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78933.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78933.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-78933 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Port Elizabeth - Almost everyone you meet these days has a theory about Lance Klusener https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78915.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78915.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-78915 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Port Elizabeth - About the only certainty in the South African camp at this stage is that the top six in the batting order will stay intact but the debate around the Mornantau Hayward for Lance Klusener in the second Test against England is as https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78855.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78855.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-78855 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Port Elizabeth - It has become the big debating point at St George's Park on the eve of the second Test and a national selectors' mid-pitch conference today is unlikely to settle the argument who to leave out of the South African side for the game https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78831.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78831.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-78831 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT NATAL'S match against England did eventually peter out in a draw at Kingsmead on Monday, but in terms of preparation for the vital second Test starting in Port Elizabeth on Thursday, home captain Dale Benkenstein feels the tourists got little out of https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78811.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78811.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-78811 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:11:01 GMT England captain Nasser Hussain has been so impressed by the performance of rookie KwaZulu-Natal all-rounder Kevin Pieterson that he has asked the youngster for a chat today concerning the possibility of him playing his cricket in Essex during the https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78799.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78799.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-78799 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:11:01 GMT England fumbled around like a pimply adolescent on a first date for most of a glorious sunny Sunday at Kingsmead, before Andrew Flintoff and Alex Tudor finally drove home the advantage and provided some entertainment https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78793.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78793.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-78793 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:11:01 GMT Durban: Natal battled to 136 for five on a rain-marred first day of their four-day match against the English tourists at Kingsmead on Friday, with John Kent and Ross Veenstra keeping them afloat when play was called off at 3.30 pm https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78784.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78784.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-78784 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:15 GMT Centurion -There is often the impression in South Africa there is no greater national hero than the man whipping up more pace than your average turbo boosted rocket, particularly when he is sticking it to the Poms or the Whingers of Oz https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78745.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/78745.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-78745 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Centurion - South Africa have been issue with a Mike Atherton warning from one of the shrewdest minds in the modern game, Keith Medlycott, the Surrey coach and former Northerns mentor https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83466.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83466.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-83466 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Centurion: Rudi Bryson, the unfortunate victim of a recent slection wrangle when a combined team played the England tourists, has been recalled to the Northerns side for the opening day/night series match of the season tomorrow https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83457.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83457.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-83457 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Johannesburg - England's captain Nasser Hussain has made an indirect sideswipe at the Wanderers pitch conditions and condemned it in his report to the International Cricket Council https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83440.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83440.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-83440 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Johannesburg - No, Nasser Hussain was not about to replace his "put on your best Sunday smile" with something as inane as a "Cap'n Grumpy" frown or a defiant "Cap'n Cock Up" scowl https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83439.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83439.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-83439 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Johannesburg - Life could get a lot tougher for England as the second Test of the series looms next week https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83438.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83438.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-83438 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Johannesburg - It is known as the bullring, raucous and rowdy and the so-called premier venue in the country https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83437.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83437.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-83437 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Johannesburg - Alec Stewart put on a brave face last night as England faced an early 1-0 deficit in the Tests series with South Africa and reminded everyone that England had come back to win 2-1 last year https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83432.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83432.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-83432 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Johannesburg Hansie Cronje ducked the verbal bouncers from England's media last night when he suggested the Tests series against Nasser Hussain's tourists is going to be a lot tougher than last summer's 5-0 thrashing of the West Indies https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83431.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83431.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-83431 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Johannesburg: For weeks it had been billed as the Donald and Atherton show, but the way Allan Donald, alias White Lightning, struck at the Wanderers yesterday, England were also no doubt wondering if there had been a grain of truth in the fitness https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83393.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83393.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-83393 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:15 GMT Johannesburg In a career which includes a century when he was described as a teenage wonder Daryll Cullinan is used to applause of success and carping criticism for his failures https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83418.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83418.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-83418 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Johannesburg - Daryll Cullinan does not believe in the brash modern trend of wearing diamond ear studs to signify it being a personal trademark, putting together a century of memorable strokeplay is more his style https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83417.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83417.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-83417 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Johannesburg - It may have been a reflex action but the sight of Jacques Kallis going through the motions of warming up would have no doubt begged the question of whether the extra seamer would not have added to England's pressure on the first day of https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83413.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83413.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-83413 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Johannesburg: It may have been a reflex action but the sight of Jacques Kallis going through the motions of warming up would have no doubt begged the question of whether the extra seamer would not have added to England pressure on the first day of https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83406.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83406.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-83406 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Johannesburg - It was not the best weather for a batting picnic: there was even a hint of high drama about the toss which Hansie Cronje won https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83379.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83379.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-83379 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:15 GMT Johannesburg - It may not yet be classified in the same class as Shane Warne's alleged "ball from hell" but Allan Donald's delivery which uprooted Mike Atherton's off-stump yesterday could have already won South Africa a major psychological https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83392.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83392.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-83392 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Johannesburg - Allan Donald is not one to dwell on facts and statistical detail, but his six for 53 career best at the Wanderers did give the fast bowler known as White Lightening a touch of enjoyment https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83385.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83385.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-83385 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Johannesburg: There is the distinct impression that England's captain Nasser Hussain does not quite believe the stories that Jacques Kallis, now credited as the world's number one all-rounder is unable to bowl in the first two Tests of the series https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83376.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83376.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-83376 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Johannesburg: On their recent form England, if we are to look at their record against New Zealand, do not so much represent collecting a prized scalp for South Africa as whipping off a bald mans toupee https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83372.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83372.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-83372 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Johannesburg: Top protagonists in the opening Test of the series South Africa fast bowler Allan Donald and England opening batsman Mike Atherton met in a hotel lift in Sandton yesterday and exchanged greetings https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83363.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83363.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-83363 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Johannesburg - Billed as the Alan Donald versus Michael Atherton show the first test starting on Thursday at The Wanderers loops in the background https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83355.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83355.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-83355 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Centurion South Africa fast bowler Allan Donald, whose duel with England opening batsman Mike Atherton is seen as the first flash point of the looming Test series, has to come through two crucial fitness tests during the next 48 hours if he is to https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83348.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83348.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-83348 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Centurion: England captain Nasser Hussain showed yesterday why has been selected for the job to revive Englands sagging fortunes by sending a mixed message to the South African camp yesterday after leading the tourists to a comprehensive victory https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83328.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83328.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-83328 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Centurion: As England were still in two minds yesterday about their bowling attack for the first Test at the Wanderers this week South Africas selectors did a patch up job for the game starting on Thursday https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83326.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83326.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-83326 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Centurion: While a pall of gloom hung over the England dressing room last night, and most of it they would have to admit is self-induced, Clive Eksteen finally managed to take Mike Atherton's wicket https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83309.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83309.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-83309 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:11:01 GMT Centurion: Neil McKenzie may have lifted the spirits of the crowd yesterday but serious question marks hovered over the Test future of opening batsman Adam Bacher on a gloomy second day Combined XI outing against the England tourists https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83292.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83292.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-83292 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:15 GMT Centurion: Hansie Cronje it seems has served out his ``probation period'' as South Africa?s captain this season and is likely to be named as leader of the side for the series against England when the team is announced today for the first Test https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83291.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83291.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-83291 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Centurion: Although the latest political fracas over what had been the selection of a ``lilly white'' combination of a South African provincial side is unlikely to disturb the thinking of the national selectors, Rushdie Majiet?s panel are still https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83277.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83277.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-83277 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Centurion: New England coach Duncan Fletcher had predicted the day before that his side was about to face what he thought would be the tours sixth Test https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83276.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83276.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-83276 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Centurion: England coach Duncan Fletcher is not often moved to delivering such categorical statements that his charges are today facing an combined opposition which should provide the tourists with their toughest ``warm up'' game of the tour https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83257.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83257.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-83257 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Bloemfontein: England secured the second win of their South African tour on Monday when they outclassed a Free State/Griqualand West Combination XI by 153 runs at Goodyear Park https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83203.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83203.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-83203 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:11:01 GMT Bloemfontein: England experienced their best day of their South African tour on Sunday as Darren Gough and Mark Butcher put a smile back onto the normally stern face of coach Duncan Fletcher https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83187.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83187.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-83187 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:11:01 GMT Centurion: Mornantau Hayward has become, if whispers from the A team camp are an accurate assessment, a Test bowler in waiting and woe betide this summers tourists England when they shape up to face his version of the ballistic missile https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83179.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83179.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-83179 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Bloemfontein: Former South African Test player, Gerhardus Liebenberg, proved to be a thorn in England's side as a Combined Free State/Griqualand West XI held their own against the tourists on the second day of their four-day match at Goodyear Park on https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83168.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83168.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-83168 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:15 GMT Bloemfontein: Chris Adams and Andrew Flintoff rescued England from a potentially embarrassing first innings collapse on the first day of their four-day Tour match against a make-shift Combination team from the Free State and Griqualand West at https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83153.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83153.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-83153 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:42:15 GMT Benoni: Having lost with a touch of embarrassment to the cream of South Africa?s youth the day before, Nasser Hussain?s England tourists skimmed the top off the curdled debris among the Gauteng talent at Willowmoore Park on Tuesday https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83012.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83012.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-83012 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Centurion - If we are to believe in the Darren Gough school of practice and theory England are not going to be the pushovers many assume on their tour of South Africa this summer https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83774.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83774.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-83774 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Centurion - The England touring party arrived at SuperSport Park, Centurion this morning for their first official practice of the tour https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83771.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83771.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-83771 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Johannesburg: England's opening batsmen certainly believe in the safety in numbers theory and displayed a brave front on Wednesday when suggestions of a resumption of the ``Anglo Boer War'' style confrontation between Mike Atherton and Allan Donald https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83764.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83764.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-83764 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Johannesburg - Nasser Hussain, unlike Brian Lara a year ago, spoke confidently about the prospects of the England team's chances on the current tour of South Africa https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83752.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83752.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-83752 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT England are our oldest cricketing rivals, the first Test between our two countries having been played in Port Elizabeth in 1889 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83750.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83750.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-83750 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT